December's doozy: Cuddling couple

Today I wrap up my Best Tattler Tales of 2005 with a story about those cuddling couples on the CTA.

Too much PDA of a different type

A couple in their mid-20s boards at Argyle. They find a spot to stand.

The guy is kind of ignoring her, making no eye contact. She busies herself with removing her hat and scarf, while he still looks straight ahead -- not at her.

She nuzzles her head on his shoulder, then waves the end of her scarf in his face, as a mother would wave a rattle at her infant. No response despite this aggressive stimuli.

Then she stands behind him and extends her arm around his torso and does her little scarf-face dance again.

That gets his attention. He seems more annoyed than anything else.

Then she takes off his hat and starts grooming him, smoothing down the fly-away hairs on the crown of his head.

This whole show was a totally different form of PDA. Do you ride to work with your significant other? How do you react? Any PDA? A quick kiss good-bye?

Frankly, I'm glad I don't ride with my wife. I'm afraid I'm too busy reading the paper or taking notes for this blog to give her much attention!

Comments

[tully monster]

When my husband and I would ride the El together (which was rare, as he commuted by car from Rogers Park to Hyde Park) he would put his arm around me and sometimes I would rest my head on his shoulder. When the ride was crowded he would put his hand on my waist and guide me protectively through the crowd. I didn't need it, as I rode the El every day by myself, but I've always thought it was sweet of him.

It did seem odd, but when we were in Paris and saw couples in their fifties kiss each other passionately before parting on the platform, we didn't feel so out of place.

[ChicagoTom]

My wife and I ride home together often on the train. When we sit next to each other sometimes she will put her head on my shoulder if she had a long day. That's about all the PDA we do on the train.

She also likes to talk on the train which is tough for me since I prefer to read and not have my conversations heard by strangers.